Definition of bias

3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

4. A voltage or current applied for example to a transistor electrode

5. The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it

6. In the game of crown green bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl.